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Athletes spend four years in pain building up to the Olympics. They torture themselves with constant gruelling training sessions and crazy diets; doing the same thing over and over until their skills are honed to near-perfection. So it's understandable that when they win gold, some of them get a little out of control.

For that she earns second place on the list of golden Olympic celebrations.

Backflips and piggybacksSaori Yoshida has won every international competition she's entered since 2002, including three consecutive gold medals.

That didn't stop her pulling out a celebration for the ages after her win in the women's 55-kg freestyle wrestling competition.

The acrobatic Japanese legend back flipped and cartwheeled across the canvas after beating Tonya Lynn Verbeek for gold.

She then tracked down her coaches, body-slamming one and hoisting another onto her shoulders, the Japanese flag flying high above their heads.

Doing it for the motherlandKim Un Guk celebrated each backbreaking effort on his way to gold in the 65kg weightlifting at London.

After each successful lift, the North Korean champion's arms and legs flayed out to either side and his manically grinning face protruded forward.

He then launched into a star jump. That was followed by a series of fist pumps and a scream, none higher or louder than when he found out he had won.

Guk won gold with a world record total lift. But he could never have picked up the heavy things without the support of his supreme leader.

"The secret is nothing but the support and encouragement from our supreme leader chairman Kim Jong-un, because he expects so much for all our athletes and he expects the highest performance from all our athletes," he told North Korean media.

Eric Murray eruptsSomething came over Kiwi rowing great Eric Murray after a gold medal was hung around his neck at Eton Dorney.

The 29-year-old champion rower from Hastings walked forward a few steps, lifted both arms above his head and roared.

The picture of his screaming face raised to the sky will be a lasting London Olympics memory for all New Zealanders.